Telegram-herald., 1887-10-02

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the organization. ar. PoNDEsLE has
adopted csrt2a policy. That polley
Las, 90 bsllsss. pleased the majority Of
tns knights, bat Il aas, al the sane tiEas,
displsassd a radical. fsctioas aud Ill
tempered minority. Asd thls minority
vii appear Al Minneapolis dstsrn1insd u
light Mr. P0sDEGLT Al every point, sn1
dstsrtainsd not to issvs 4stons untQrnsd
IN ths work Of dsposlng hna- With these
rscAlcsTEaats tie hghs viii DO alnost a.
tOgeshsr personal 0n4 They cars very
little for any pglncipls involved, BAT they
do bate Mr. PowDzELx. and they are 20
las t0 move nssysa and earth 10 down
him. The result. however, viii involve
somsthlng more than the personal ques-
tlOH OF Mr.. PowDERLY's retsntiOn OF To-
lection. there 10 = principle involved,
and that prlnolpls Is vital 10 the success
q the Order. II Is the principle OF eon-
ssrvstisnl. Conservatism has character
iksd Mr. POwDKELYs policy. and the
Ordsr has thryed under il. IL, therefore,
OehoOves thoss who have the best inter-
ests Of tho Order AZ heart 70 see this
principle maintained Al al costs. While
they light for Pow DEKLY. therefore, they
also fght Tor broad, and deep, and es-
ssutial principle.
The other question which is sure to
come ia for lis share OF discussion, and
which must % settled one way or the other
is thai Of AZ expression OF sympathy with
the Chicago anarchists. There Is no
doubG whatever, apparently, but that al
attempt will be made TO extort from the
convention q resolution Of sympathy, at
least, with the condemned anarchists, II
not OF dsnunciation against the court
from which the recent unigyorsble de-
cisiOn emanatsd- resolution to this
effect will probably be offered very early
in the proceedings, prscipitsting q hot
fight at the outset. THIS movement will
proceed from the radical faction OF the
Knights, the same which has insugurated
the fight against MIR. PowDERLY. The
radicals had some difficulty IN passing
the anarchist resolution at the last Gen
sral Assembly st Richmond, Va, but they
now talk very hopefully and confidently
OF 80 undisputed majority at the comins
convention. They take pains to show
reports from nearly all the big cities con
tanning assurances that the radicals have
been successful In slscting their dele
gates at nearly every center OF industry
and at many places outside OF those cen
ters- They openly declare, therefore
that they vii not only o1st MIR. POWDER
III. bat will peas a strong anarchist reso
luton.
IL the socialist element should succeed
in both these objects the Order is doomed
We do not believe il they will.